Watching the lift

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Construction workers watch as the final sections of the spire is raised to the top of One World Trade Center in New York to a temporary work platform atop the structure. Ironworkers will install the sections at a later date and when complete, One WTC will stand 1,776 feet (541 meters) high, making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

Construction workers watch as the final sections of the spire is raised to the top of One World Trade Center in New York to a temporary work platform atop the structure. Ironworkers will install the sections at a later date and when complete, One WTC will stand 1,776 feet (541 meters) high, making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. (Stan Honda, AFP/Getty Images)

Construction workers watch as the final sections of the spire is raised to the top of One World Trade Center in New York to a temporary work platform atop the structure. Ironworkers will install the sections at a later date and when complete, One WTC will stand 1,776 feet (541 meters) high, making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.